Attachment for talking-machines.



L. MORONEY. ATTACHMENT FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLICATlON FILED FEB- 6| I9l7.

Patented Nov. 20, 191?.

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Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

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L. MORONEY. ATTACHMENT FOR TALKING MACHINES.

I APPLICATION HLED FEB. 6, I917.

Patented Nov. 20, 191?.

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citizen of the llnited States, and a resit ent of Manhattan Beach, in the county of 'jril lainook and State of @regon, have invented a new and Improved .tittaclunent for Tail:- ing-li iachines, of which the following is a, full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a means adapted to be attached to a talking machine of the Edison type, whereby to cause the raising and lowering of the cover to perform various detail operations now required to be performed manually and which usually are The invention provides a means whereby the horn automatically swun to bring the sound box over the record and then lowered, the operations heing performed in proper sequence by the lowering of the cover. and the reverse operations taking; place hy the raising of the cover. The attachment includes means to automatically stop and release the turntable with the swinging of the horn, and a means automatically adjustable to the size of the record to govern the movement of thehornactuating The invention will be particularly en plained in the specific description following.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my attachment and indicating the cahinet of the talking machine in dotted lines, the View showing the position of the parts When the cover is in the raised position;

2 is a fragmentary plan View he hereinafter referred to;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to 1 with the cabinet cover lowered, certain rip elements heing indicated in the positions they assume just as the cover reaches its lowermost post tion before the final movement of the said Figs. 4 and 7 are Views g. 2; but showing the parts in different positions;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan "view witi parts broken away and section, the View losing given to show the relation of thehraiie device to the depending hralre of the turntable.

Fig. '6 is a perspective View similar to Figs. an

with the in the position similar to iii &

Specification of Letters Patent.

licatior. filed February 6, 191?.

after the sound box has moved to the center of the record and which results in the automatic stop being brought against the turm tahle.

In carrying out any invention in accordance with the illustrated example, it is to he understood that the cabinet, the horn, the turntable, the motor, etc, may he thoseof the Edison machine or any machine of 'si1nilar constructimi. The horn 10 as illustrated corresponds in general with the Edison horn. The same is mounted to turn in the present instance on a. vertical pin 11 hering a pointed lower end l2 t secure it to the cabinet. On the o is a sleeve 13 which secured to the horn. hr hearing; hraclrets 13 having eyes elnhraciu g the said sleeve.

The immoral l4 indie. Les a har pivot-ed at one end at 14- on the bottom of the cahinet and is normally sustained at its opposite end by a spring on the pin 11 beneath said bar. The presser rod 16 is pivotedet its upper-end to the cabinet cover as at 17 and is adapted to depress the bar 14: in connection with tile 'presser rod 16 l provide means to swin the horn 10 prior to the depr ion of the her 15. flair. ineans nay consist as slu'mn of a lateral curved arm 18 pivoted at one end as at 15.9 to the rod l6 and adapted to engage a trip associated withthe horn whereby to s'wingthe latter with the pin, 11 as 11* axis so that the sound hot. 20 will he disposed over the turntable.

The trip member 21 on the horn to he eiw'aged by the arrn l8 so mounted in p o s on as to conformto records of different diameters for which purpose said trip is in the form a laterally hont terminal of an arm 22 which itself is at right angles or apportion of the horn 10.

one end of a retractile spring 2% is secured, the opposite end of said spring heing secured to tl e horn 10. On the upper end of the shaft 23 is a lateral arm 27 ads eted to hear by its outer'end against the edge of u record 28 when the latter is in position on the turntahle. Preferably, the outer end of the arm 2'? carries an idler 5337 to reduce friction on the record. The numeral 929 in dicates a track in th interior of the cabinet the top again nich the roller 2'? comes to hearing in to outer position thereof.

By the described construction the lower The shaft is formed with a cranked portion :25 to which lid ing of the cover of the cabinet from the raised position,Fig. 1, will carry the presser rod 16 downwardly toward the bearing 14. At the, same time thecurved arm 18 will-be moved toward the horn. Said arm 18 has ment of the curved arm 18, the trip 32 by engagement with the trip '21 will swing the horn on the standard 11- until the sound box 2.0 is positioned above the record 28. In the further lowering of the cover, the downward movement of the presser rod 16 will cause the latter to engage the bar.14 as indicated inlfigs. 3 and 6, finally, depressing the saidbar against the action of the spring 15 and thus permitting the'horn and the sleeve 13 to lower by gravity, thereby lowering the sound box onto the record, thus putting the machine in operation in the usual manner. The movement ofthe horn toward the record will have brought the roller27 against the periphery of the record and the continued relative movement of the horn toward the record and over the same will have given a relative rearward turn to the shaft 2350 that the trip 32 will finally pass the trip 21. The turning of the shaft 23 places the spring 26 under'tension, thereby creating torque in the said shaft so that when the crank 25 is swung sufficiently for the spring 26 to react,

said s ring will throw the shaft to carry the arm 2 and roller 27 away from the record and into contact with the track 29 as in Figs. 1 and 6. It is to be understood that the position of the roller 27 a in Fig. 3 is momentary and that as a matter of fact the final closing of the cabinet will have brought the crank 25 to a position for the spring 26 to re-act and bring the roller 27 against the rail 29 as the cover reaches the closed position. The

- horn with the sound box is given a return movement by the raising of the cover by reason of a second trip 33 on the arm 18 engaging one of the pins 31 on the horn, thereby restoring the described parts to the positions shown in Fig. 1.

It is to be understood that the shaft 23 and spring 26 are normally in unstable equilibrium and the relative'positions of the member 22 and the adjacent pin 31 are such that the shaft 23 may turn only in one direction to disturb the equilibrium and permit the spring 26 to act. Thus, there can be no turning of the shaft 23 under the action of the spring 26 in a direction towardthe turntable.

The means for controlling the stop or brake is also actuated by the movement of the arm 18 upon the lowering of the cabinet bearing member 37 adapted to bear against the depending flange 38 of the turntable 39 upon the turning of the said stop shaft 35. The said shaft turns in bearings 40 on the cabinet and it is formed with a cranked portion 41 to which one end of a retractile spring 42 is secured, the opposite end of the spring being secured to any fixed element 43 on the cabinet.

The means to turn the stop shaft-35 by the trip 34 is as follows: On the lower end of said shaft 35 is a lateral trip arm 44,'the

outer end 45 of which is 'pivoted as at 46 so that said end may yield in one direction.'

Movement in the opposite direction is prevented by the member 47 bearing against the relatively fixed portions of the stop arm 44 and the spring 48 tends to normally main tain the pivoted end 45 in alinement with the fixed member.

By the described arrangement as the trip 34 engages the member 45, the shaft 35 will be turned to throw the bearing member 37 away from the flange 38 of the turntable, thereby permitting the latter to turn. As the shaft 35 is turned to remove the stop from the turntable, the spring 42 will be placed under tension until the cranked portion 41 is brought to a position to permit the reaction of the said spring to so turn the shaft 35 as to maintain the stop away from the turntable. In the return movement of the arm 18, the trip 34 will engage a second.lateral trip arm 49 on the shaft 35, thereby turning said shaft in a direction to cause the bearing member 37 to approach the flange 38 of the turntable and at the same time cause the spring 42 to be again placed under tension until the cranked portion is brought to a position to permit a reaction of said spring to positively throw the shaft 35 so as to bring the bearing member 37 against the flange 38. In order that when the sound box 20 reaches the center of the record, the stop will automatically be applied to arrest the movement of the turntable independently of the raising of the cabinet cover, a third arm 50 may be provided on the shaft 35 as shown; said arm is adapted to be engaged by a trip member 51 rigid with the horn 10 and so positioned that the arm 50 will be engaged thereby to turn the; shaft 35 for putting the spring 42 under tension and applying the stop when the sound box has reached its inner position relatively to the record.

Comparing Figs. 2, 4 and 7, it will be clear that a movement of the arm 18 to the J. map 3 to engage a,

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I provide a vertical pin in the adjacent to the edge of the .so located that when the mach. for the last time and allele ls v, A the turntable the s: 3. pin 55 am D h) vex-mute the 1 the 2 K, to give the movement therem i rein; piece the 5256 "an: mit the spring; 0 shaft 223 and. retm. ail in the Fame 15 perm the manner as by the rocking of the said shaft in a direction away from the turntable by contact of the shaft arm with a record, the spring being adapted by its reaction to cause a further turning. movement of the shaft after a given movement thereof, whereby to swing the shaft arm entirely away from the rec- 0rd, means operable by the raising and lowering .of the cover to actuate the last-mentioned trip means, and means controlled by the said actuating means and controlling the vertical movement of the horn.

9. In an attachment for talking machines, having a horn mounted 0 swing laterally and to rise'and fall; means controlled by the raising and lowering of the cover of the machine to swing the horn-and cause vertical movements thereof, and stop means for the turntable of the machine, said last-mentioned-means being controlled by the raising and lowering of thesaid cover.

10. In an attachment for talking machines having a horn mounted to swing laterally and to rise and fall; means controlled by the raising and lowering of the cover of the machine to swing the horn and cause vertical movements thereof, a shaft,

' and stop means onsaid shaft to arrest or permit the movement of the turntable, a spring adapted to be placed under tension by a given turning movement of the shaft in either direction and adapted by its reaction to throw the shaft in a direction to cause the said stop to release or engage the turntable, and trip means controlled by the raising and lowering of the cover of the machine to rock said shaft in opposite direc tions.

11, In an attachment for talking maby a given turning movement of the shaft in either direction and adapted by its re-' action to throw the shaft in a direction to cause the said stop to release or'engage the turntable, and trip means controlled by the"- raising and lowering of the cover of the machine to rock said shaft in opposite directions; together with means to automatically turn said shaft by the swinging movement of the horn to automatically apply the said stplp for arresting the movement of the turnta e.

12. In, an attachment for talking machines having a horn adapted to swing laterally and to be raised and lowered, a standard adapted to be positioned in the machine in the cabinet thereof, means to mount the horn on the said standard for swinging and vertical movements, a depressible bar pivoted at one end and adapted at its other end to sustain the, horn in raised position, a spring normally tending to raise LESTER MORONEY. 

